About SameTide

SameTide is a small, private place to put your anxiety or panic into words, so that one day someone who has been through the same thing can understand you without you having to explain it all from the start. It was built by someone who lives with panic disorder, and it comes out of a simple and frustrating experience, which is that the people who love you can try as hard as they want and still not quite reach what a panic attack actually feels like, while the one thing that tends to help most, another person who has genuinely been there, is almost impossible to find on purpose.

Right now SameTide does one thing. It asks you a few private questions at your own pace and turns your answers into a first-person story of what your anxiety is like for you, and you do not need a name or an account to start. The part where you get matched with someone who has been near the same place is the direction this is heading, but it is not built yet, and I would rather say that plainly than pretend the whole thing already exists.

What SameTide is not

This is not therapy, it is not medical advice, and it is not a crisis service. It is peer support, which means people who share an experience rather than professionals treating a condition, so the interview will never diagnose you, tell you what your symptoms mean, or hand you coping techniques, because that is not what it is for and not something a tool like this should be doing. If you are in crisis or thinking about harming yourself, please reach out to real help first. In the US you can call or text 988, and anywhere else you can find a local line at findahelpline.com.

How your privacy works

The free part of SameTide holds no name, email, or phone number, so the most vulnerable moment, which is the first time you write any of this down, is also the most protected. Your words are stored under a random session ID and encrypted, and you can delete everything at any time. A safety check runs on what you write before anything else happens, because this is sensitive and it deserves to be handled that way. If you ever choose to be matched later, that is the only point where an email comes into it, and even then it is kept separate and used only to let you know when matching is ready.

Where this is right now

SameTide is early, and it is being tried with a small number of people to learn one thing, which is whether writing your story down once actually helps and whether it is worth building the rest. If it does, the matching part comes next. If you have read this far, you are close to the kind of person it was made for, and I hope the writing part helps a little on its own even before any of the rest exists.

If you need help right now: If you're thinking about harming yourself, or you're in immediate danger, please reach out to a crisis line. SameTide is not a substitute for that. In the US, you can call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline). Outside the US, you can find a local line at findahelpline.com.